单词	demote
释义	demotede‧mote /dɪˈməʊt $ -ˈmoʊt/ verb [transitive] Word Origin WORD ORIGINdemote Origin: 1800-1900 de- + promote Verb Table VERB TABLE demote Simple Form Present I, you, we, they demote he, she, it demotes Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they demoted Present perfect I, you, we, they have demoted he, she, it has demoted Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had demoted Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will demote Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have demoted Continuous Form Present I am demoting he, she, it is demoting you, we, they are demoting Past I, he, she, it was demoting you, we, they were demoting Present perfect I, you, we, they have been demoting he, she, it has been demoting Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been demoting Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be demoting Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been demoting Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Dismiss, suspend, or demote all or any employees who participate in such strike or violation. 2. Her old scarf, purple rayon printed with black flowers, she would demote to second-best. It threatens to demote the Brussels institutions, especially the Commission, by setting up an alternative centre of decision-making. The aim of semantic processing is to demote word combinations that are not meaningful. The remarks followed the company's attempt to demote the men. The trouble with this manoeuvre is that it can not help but demote poetry. to make someone’s rank or position lower or less important OPP  promotebe demoted to something The sergeant was demoted to private.GRAMMAR Demote is often used in the passive.—demotion /-ˈməʊʃən $ -ˈmoʊ-/ noun [countable, uncountable]
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